Meaning & use
Assenting
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Expressing agreement or approval, especially to a proposal, statement, or plan.
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After a long discussion, the board members ended up assenting to the merger.
She gave an assenting nod without saying a word.
A note on using this word
Assenting is the present participle of 'assent,' from Latin 'assentire,' meaning to agree or think along with.
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